JPH085734Y2 - Ball glove web - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball glove, and more particularly to a web for a ball glove such as a baseball glove which is flexible and extensible for a long period of time without being used for a long time.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Baseball gloves generally have a web extending between the thumb and forefinger. Most webs when new are stiff and non-flexible and do not form a natural pocket for baseball. Therefore, a new glove will be used for a period of time that the glove is used to repeatedly catch the ball before the glove and the web can bend flexibly enough to form a pocket for the ball when caught. In need.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a ball glove web that is sufficiently flexible and extensible to form a natural pocket for a ball that does not have to be used for a long time. The web is made of a sheet material such as leather or artificial leather and has a plurality of slits formed in the leather. Slits central portion, i.e. suitably provided in a plurality of pairs around the central portion, the center is each set of slits
Separated from the department at different intervals. The sheet material can be reinforced by rows of seams between adjacent slits. These slits divide the sheet material into parts that can move completely independently of the unslit seat part, and when the ball is caught by the web, these parts extend flexibly with respect to each other so that the web does not It can fit around to form pockets for the ball. The invention will be described in connection with the illustrated embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

[0004]

EXAMPLES Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a baseball glove 1
5 is a palm portion 16 and four finger portions 17, 18, 19,
It has 20 and a thumb portion 21. The web 22 extends between the thumb portion 21 and the finger portion 17 for the index finger, and is attached to the finger portion 17 and the thumb portion 21 by a string 23. Also,
Since the string 23 has the web 22 attached to the palm portion 16 between the finger portion 17 for the index finger and the thumb portion 21, the string 23 extends in a U-shape.

The special glove shown in the drawings is a baseball glove for fielders. However, it will be appreciated that the invention can be used with other types of gloves, such as fast baseball gloves, catcher mitts, softball gloves and the like.

The web 22 is made of a sheet material such as leather or artificial leather and has a relatively straight top edge 24 and a U-shaped edge 25 (FIG. 3). The particular web 22 shown is made up of two layers 26, 27 of sheet material as shown in FIGS. The outer layer 26 faces the back side of the globe 15 and the U-edge 28 of the inner layer 27 ends inside the U-edge 25 of the outer layer 26. The straight upper edges of the inner and outer layers 26, 27 overlap,
Both layers 26, 27 are sewn together by two rows of seams 29. A lace hole 30 for the lace that attaches the web 22 to the glove is provided around the perimeter of the outer layer 26.

The upper edge 24 of the web 22 is provided with a U-shaped looped piece 32 of sheet material which is sewn to the outer surface of the layers 26, 27 by seams 33. A double twisted string 34 (FIG. 6) extends through the center of the looped piece 32 and is attached to the thumb 21 and fingers 17. A cord hole 3 for a cord 36 (FIGS. 1 and 2) that spirally surrounds the top of the loop-shaped piece 32 and the cord 34 inside the loop-shaped piece 32.
5 is provided on the loop-shaped piece 32. Further, the string 36 is attached to the thumb portion 21 and the finger portion 17.

The manner in which the web 22 is attached to the glove 15 by the cords 23, 34, 36 and the loop-shaped piece 32 is conventional and does not form a major part of the present invention. The web 22 can also be attached by any other suitable means.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the web 22 is attached to the glove 15, the web 22 has a central portion 38 which is generally centered on the web 22. A plurality of slits 39 are formed in the two layers 26, 27 of the web 22 and are provided around the central portion 38.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the slits 39 extend in an arc around the central portion 38 and these slits 39 are provided in three sets 40, 41, 42.
Each set 40, 41, 42 has three curved slits with approximately the same radius from the center 38, and the slits 39 in each set have different radii, so that each set of slits 39 has a center 38. Separated by different distances from.
The ends of the slit 39 are rounded to prevent cracks and cracks from spreading to the web 22. The center 38 does not have to be an exact geometric center, and the arc centers of the slit 39 can be separated by some length such that the slit 39 is roughly arranged around the center of the web 22. .

The two layers 26, 27 have a plurality of sets of seams 4
4, 45, 46 and 47 are sewn together. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, each set has 6 seams.
It has a rectangular shape. The inner seam 44 has a slit 39
The seam 45 is located between the sets 40, 41 of the slit 39, the seam 46 is between the sets 41, 42 of the slit 39, and the seam 47 is the outside of the slit 39. Is located outside of the set 42. The seams can be in other polygonal shapes as well as circular. The seams reinforce the web 22 between adjacent sets of slits and prevent the propagation of tears from one set of slits to another.

Since the slits of adjacent sets are staggered, the slit ends of one set do not actually overlap the ends of the slits of the adjacent set. For example, the center of the slits of the inner set 40 is located approximately at 12:00, 4 and 8 o'clock, and the center of the slits of the second set 41 is located approximately at 2 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock. ing. The radius drawn from the central portion 38 to the ends of one set of slits actually intersects the other set of slits at the ends of the slits.

In the preferred embodiment of making the web 22,
Layers 26 and 27 are seams 29 and four sets of hexagonal seams 4
4, 45, 46 and 47 are sewn together. After this, the slit 39 is moved to the desired position on the web 2
I can wear 2.

The slits 39 allow the web 22 to be substantially more flexible and extensible or inflatable, allowing the web to form a natural pocket for a ball without a period of use. FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the ball 49 caught in the web 22. FIG. 7 shows the web 22 of FIG. 6 in the unrolled state with the balls omitted for clarity.

[0015] When the ball hits the web 22, the three-dimensional sets of slits 39 a of the web 22 portion in a direction extending radially inward of the slit 39 which the ball moves so as to form a pocket are allowed. Referring to FIG. 5, the inner web 22 portion of the outer set of slits 42 has three relatively short sections 51, 52, 53 to allow the set of slits 4 to
2 is attached to the outer web 22 portion. The web portion along the inner edge of the slit set 42 is free to be pulled inward and rearward by the ball away from the outer edge of the slit set 42. Similarly, the inner web portion of the middle set 41 of slits has three relatively short sections 5
4, 55, 56 are connected to the rest of the web 22 and allow the inner edge of the slit set 41 to be pulled inward and rearward by the ball away from the outer edge of the slit set 41. The central portion of the web 22 inside the slit inner set 42 is articulated to the rest of the web 22 by short sections 57, 58, 59, the inner edge of the slit set 40 being inwardly rearward by the ball. Can be pulled.

Even though the material of the web 22 is relatively thin and the edges of the web are securely attached to the glove by the straps,
The slits 39 allow the web 22 to be stretched very elastically. When the ball 49 is removed from the web 22,
The web 22 actually returns to its original state.

Although the web has been described as being made from two layers of leather or leather-like material, it is possible to use a single layer. It is common to use two layers of leather in the web
Therefore, it is possible to have both sides of the web on the front side of the leather.
I can .

7 to 14 show another embodiment of the slit structure of the web. In FIG. 7, four pairs of curved slits 6
1, 62, 63, 64 extend around the central hole 65. Although no seams are shown between the sets of slits in FIG. 7, if necessary, the web may be provided with additional reinforcement to counteract the risk of a tear from one of the slits extending to adjacent sets of slits. You can add seams to ensure that.

FIG. 8 is the same as FIG. 7, but the hole is not provided in the central portion .

In FIG. 9, the inner slit 67 is provided around the central portion 68. The slit 67 is slightly curved, but since the radius of curvature is actually larger than the distance between the slit 67 and the central portion 68, the slit 67 is shown in FIG.
It is straighter than the slit 61. The second and third sets of slits 69, 70 are provided around the first set. The fourth set of three outer slits 71
Is provided on the upper part of the
It is separated from the center 68.

In FIG. 10, the inner set of four slits 7 is shown.
3 is provided around the central hole 74. Four other holes 75 are provided in the center of the web 22 inside the slit 73. The slits 76 and 77 of the second and third sets are
Provided around the central portion 74, each set has four slits. A fourth set of three outer slits 78 are located at the top of the web 22.

The slit pattern of FIG. 11 is similar to that of FIG. 9, but the curvature of the slit of FIG. 11 is larger than the curvature of the slit of FIG.

The slit pattern of FIG. 12 is similar to the slit pattern of FIG. 10, but since the center of the pattern of FIG. 12 is close to the upper edge of the web, the slits of the outer set are on the upper edge of the web. It is located in close proximity.

In FIG. 13, the center of the slit is located closer to the lower edge of the web than the upper edge, and the upper edge of the web actually has no slit.

FIG. 14 shows a slit pattern similar to that of FIG. However, since the radius of curvature of the slit of FIG. 14 is greater than the spacing between the slit and the center , the slit of FIG. 14 is actually straighter than the slit of FIG. FIG. 14 shows the seams between adjacent sets of slits, and similar seams can be present in each of the webs shown in FIGS. 7-13.

In the foregoing description, although a detailed description of a particular embodiment of the present invention has been made for the purpose of illustration, the details described herein may be changed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It will be clear that you can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a baseball glove provided with a web made according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the baseball glove of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view in which a part of the web of FIG. 1 is cut away.

4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway front view showing the shape of the web when the ball is caught by the web, with the ball omitted for clarity.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a modified example of the web.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing another modification of the web.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing another example of the web.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing still another modified example of the web.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing still another web.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing another modified example of the web.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing still another example of the web.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing still another modified example of the web.

[Explanation of symbols]

15 glove 16 palm part 17, 18, 19, 20 finger part 21 thumb part 22 web 23, 24, 36 string 29, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47 seam 38, 68, 74 central part 39, 61, 67, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77
Slit 49 ball

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Claims (8)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A sheet of glove material having a central portion and a plurality of slits arranged concentrically around the central portion in a plurality of sets, between the central portion and each slit of a particular set. The webs of ball gloves in which the minimum distances are substantially the same, and the minimum distances are different in each set. 2. The web of a ball glove according to claim 1, wherein each slit extends in an arc shape around the center portion. 3. The ball glove web according to claim 1, wherein a seam is provided between adjacent slit sets . 4. The ball glove web according to claim 3, wherein the seam between the adjacent slit sets is polygonal. 5. The seam does not intersect the slit.
Web of the ball glove described. 6. The ball glove web of claim 1, wherein each set of slits has three slits. 7. The ball glove web of claim 1, wherein each end of each slit is rounded to prevent propagation of a tear through the slit. 8. The ball glove web of claim 1, wherein each set of slits does not substantially overlap an adjacent set of slits.